Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-10
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. ONCE MORE THE CLOHURE Chokes Off Irish Debaters
 In Commons. ALTERATION STEPS DOWN SmuggIers Neatly Trapped
 in Boston.
 STANLEY'S WORK IN AFRICA. Boston Doing The Grand
 By KapiOlani.
STANLEY'S WORK IN AFRICA.
Boston Doing The Grand
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STAR CHAMBER INQUIRIES

Into Alleged Cases of Crime i'm Ireland -Cloture Again Employed in Com mons.
 LONDON, May 9-Mr. T. NJ. Healey in the House of Commons this afternoon asked what answer had been returned by the gov ernment to the letter of Patrick Egan, treas
 urer of the old Land league, offering to re-
 turn to Dublin and stand trial for the charges
 against him, provided the venue in his case
 was not removed from Dublin. Colonel
 King Harmon, parliamentary secretary for
 Ireland, replied that no answer had been
 sent for the reason that no such letter had
 been received. Gaughter.) MT. Healey then requested that MT. W. H. Smith, first lord of the treasury, state if it was the intention of the government to sanction the conduct of MT. Balfour, chief secretary for Ireland, in deliberately sustaining from coming into the House until the questions on the paper relating to Ireland were all over. Mr. Smith submitted that part of the question should not be put The exigencies of the country he said required Mr. Balfour to at tend to urgent business connected with his department of the government outside the House and in the interval replies to aues- tions respecting Irish affairs were adequately given by the parliamentary under secretary Colonel King Harman.
 MT. Healey-If my friends and I are to be left to the mercy of this Orangeman I shall direct attention to the matter.
 Speaker Peel-Order! This Interruption is most parliamentary.
 MT. Arthur OConnor, member for East Donegal, then intimated that in consequence of the attitude of the government on the Times charges, he refused to continue to serve as member of the commission of in quiry into the civil service. (Parnellite cheers.)
 The House then went into committee and consideration of the Irish crimes act amend ment bill was resumed. MT. Clancy, mem Der for North Dublin, moved an amendment to the effect that magisterial inquiries into cases of alleged crime under the bill be con- ducted in public. MT. Baifour opposed this. MT. Clancey's amendment was rejected by vote of 1SS to 131.
 After several minor amendments had been disposed of MT. Healey moved that anyone friyolously summoned or needlessly detained as witness could hold an act for compensation against the magistrate. The attorney gener- al opposed the amendment. MT. James Stu art, home rule radical, moved to report progress. NJ. A. H. Smith objected on the ground that the amendments to the first sec- tion should be dealt with first MT. Morley supported the motion. A hubbub ensued, enOlnS III a U1V1SlOn Wn1cn resulted ID the motion being rejected by vote of 249 to 176.
 Mr. Healey asked the government to state their views on his amendment. MT. Smith replied that their answer had already been given. He then moved for cloture and the motion was adopted, 249 to ITO.
 MT. Healey's amendment was rejected by vote of 250 to 150. Mir. Labouchere moved to report progress. The motion was rejected, PAS to 170 MT. Robert Wallace, member for East Edinburg, home ruler, moved that the chairman leave the chair. MT. Conybear radical, supported the motion. MT. Smith again proposed cloture and the motion was carried, PAS to 160. MT. Wal lace's motion was negatived by a vote of 245 to 162 and MT. Smith then moved to put the question the whole remaining portion of the first section of the bill. The chairman, however, declined to put cloture. This decision was received with loud and prolonged cheers from the opposition. At 4:30 am. the House was still sitting.
 Eventually MT. Smiths cloture motion was put and agreed to and progress was reported amid loud cheers. MT. Bradlaugh has inau- gurated movement in favor of the second reading of the oaths bill. Lord Harrington and the bulk of the Unionists nave decided to support the movement.
 Mir. Chamberlain having returned the Unionists will now determine what amend ments they will propose to the crimes bill, with regard to the clause provid- ing for change of venue to London.